Tsunami survivor relives trauma 10 years on

Ian Cohen was waxing his surfboard on a Sri Lankan beach in the direct path of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
Ten years on, the former NSW parliamentarian remembers the event and recovery operation that left him traumatised and killed more than 200,000 people across south-east Asia.

Former politician Ian Cohen, based in Byron Bay, was caught in the Boxing Day tsunami in Sri Lanka. He stayed on in the country for one month to help with the recovery.
(Samantha Turnbull - ABC North Coast)